RefMet Compound Details

RefMet ID, RefMet name, exact mass and formula
RefMet ID	RM0060577
RefMet name	Phytanic acid
Systematic name	(3R,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid
Synonyms	PubChem Synonyms
Exact mass	312.302830 (neutral)	Calculate m/z: (Choose adduct) [M+H]+ [M+H-H2O]+ [M.]+ [M+2H]2+ [M+3H]3+ [M+4H]4+ [M+K]+ [M+2K]2+ [M+2K-H]+ [M+Na]+ [M+2Na]2+ [M+2Na-H]+ [M+Li]+ [M+2Li]2+ [M+NH4]+ [M.CH3]+ [M+Ag]+ [M+H+CH3OH]+ [M+H+CH3CN]+ [M+H+2CH3CN]+ [M+Na+CH3CN]+ [M.NaFormate+H]+ [M.NH4Formate+H]+ [M.TMSi]+ [M.tBuDMSi]+ [M+H-Hexose]+ [M+H-EtnP]+ [M+H-SerP]+ [M-H]- [M-H-H2O]- [M-CH3]- [M-2H]2- [M-3H]3- [M-4H]4- [M+Cl]- [M+OAc]- [M+Na-2H]- [M+K-2H]- [M.Formate]- [M.NaFormate-H]- [M.NH4Formate-H]- [M.F]- [M-H-Ser]- [M.HF2]- M(neutral)    View other RefMet entries with this exact (neutral) mass:   +/- 0.05 amu   +/- 0.1 amu   +/- 0.2 amu   +/- 0.5 amu
Formula	C20H40O2	View other entries in RefMet with this formula
Molecular descriptors
Molfile	37241 (Download molfile/View MW Metabolite Database details)
InChI	InChI=1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)/t17-,18-,19-/m1/s1
InChIKey	RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-GUDVDZBRSA-N	View other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
SMILES	CC(C)CCC[C@@H](C)CCC[C@@H](C)CCC[C@@H](C)CC(=O)O Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Chemical/Biochemical Classification
Super Class	Prenol Lipids
Main Class	Isoprenoids
Sub Class	C20 isoprenoids
Distribution of Phytanic acid in NMDR studies
Species	Plot Species distribution
Sample source	Plot Sample source(tissue) distribution
Platform	Platform (MS/NMR) used for detection
Chromatography	Chromatography methods used for detection
Studies	NMDR Studies reporting Phytanic acid
External Links
Pubchem CID	10380830
LIPID MAPS	LMPR0104010036
ChEBI ID	16285
KEGG ID	C01607
HMDB ID	HMDB0000417
Chemspider ID	8556273
Structural annotation level
Annotation level	1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)